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Tell Zurghul
Tell Zurghul is an archaeological mound in Dhi Qar province, southern Iraq, identified with the ancient Sumerian city of Nigin, third city of the State of Lagash.
Tellaman
Tellaman, born Thelumusa Samuel Owen in Durban in 1991, is a South African R&B singer and producer known for the 2019 hit "Whipped" with Shekhinah and Nasty C.
Tellaro Roman Villa (Caddeddi)
Tellaro Roman Villa (Caddeddi), a Late Roman estate on the Tellaro river near Noto, Sicily, discovered in 1971 under an 18th-century masseria, famed for mid-4th-century mosaics of Hector's ransom and hunts with an Africa personification.
Tellegate
Tellegate, an ancient Roman road station (mutatio) on the Bergamo-Brescia road in northern Italy, listed in the 333 AD Bordeaux Itinerary 12 miles from Bergamo; identified with modern Telgate, province of Bergamo; Pleiades place 383796, BAtlas 39 F2.
Teller (magician)
Teller (Raymond Joseph Teller), silent half of magic duo Penn & Teller, met Penn in 1974, debuted Off-Broadway 1985, headlines Las Vegas Rio show, directs Shakespeare and Tim's Vermeer.
Teller Acuity Cards
Teller Acuity Cards (TAC) are a behavioral vision test measuring grating acuity in infants, toddlers, and other preverbal patients by preferential looking, introduced in 1986.
Teller Amendment
Teller Amendment: 1898 U.S. congressional amendment, proposed by Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado, disclaiming any intent to annex Cuba after the Spanish-American War; later superseded by the Platt Amendment.
Tellervo Chasma
Tellervo Chasma, a 600-km-long chasma (deep elongated depression) on Venus at 60S 125E in the Henie V-58 quadrangle, named for a Finnish maiden of the woods, extends between Latmikaik and Xcacau Coronae.
Tellico Dam
Tellico Dam, also called the Tellico Project, is a Tennessee Valley Authority dam on the Little Tennessee River near Lenoir City, Tennessee, completed in 1979.
Telling the bees
Telling the bees: a Western European and American folk custom of informing honeybees of household events, especially deaths, by draping hives in black and speaking to them; famous through Whittier's 1858 poem and revived when the royal beekeeper told Queen Elizabeth II's hives.
Tello Obelisk
The Tello Obelisk is a carved granite monolith of the Chavín culture of ancient Peru, found at Chavín de Huántar and named for the archaeologist Julio C. Tello.
Telltale Games
Telltale Games: American episodic narrative adventure studio founded 2004 in San Rafael by Kevin Bruner and Dan Connors; known for The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us; closed 2018, revived by LCG Entertainment in 2019.
Telltale Games (2018–present)
Telltale Games (2018–present), also called LCG Entertainment, is the revived narrative game studio founded by Jamie Ottilie that bought the Telltale brand in 2019, released The Expanse, and is developing The Wolf Among Us 2 for 2027.
Tellurene
Tellurene is the two-dimensional form of the elemental semiconductor tellurium, first predicted in 2016 and fabricated in 2017, with a thickness-tunable bandgap and air stability.
Tellurian Inc.
Tellurian Inc. was a Houston-based natural gas company founded in 2016 by Charif Souki and Martin Houston to develop the Driftwood LNG export terminal in Louisiana.
Telluric current
A telluric current, also called an Earth current, is a natural electric current flowing through the Earth's crust, oceans, or mantle, driven by magnetic-field variations from the Sun and lightning.
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Telluride Bluegrass Festival, annual four-day acoustic music festival each June in Telluride Town Park, Colorado, at 8,750 feet; founded 1973-74, produced by Planet Bluegrass, about 12,000 daily attendance, $32.7 million 2024 economic impact.
Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival: annual non-competitive festival each Labor Day weekend in Telluride, Colorado; founded 1974; secret program, Silver Medallion Tributes, Guest Director, and a leading awards-season launchpad alongside Venice and Toronto.
Telluride House
Telluride House, the Cornell Branch of the Telluride Association, is a self-governing scholarship residence at Cornell University founded under L. L. Nunn, offering full room-and-board scholarships to 25–30 student members who run the house themselves.
Telluride, Colorado
Telluride, Colorado: San Juan Mountains box-canyon town, founded 1878 as Columbia, silver-mining boom town, National Historic Landmark District (1961), now a ski resort and festival destination with a free gondola to Mountain Village.
Tellurite fiber
A tellurite fiber is an optical fiber whose core or cladding glass is based on tellurium dioxide rather than silica, transmitting into the mid-infrared and used mainly for supercontinuum generation, rare-earth-doped amplifiers, and sensing.
Tellurite glass
Tellurite glass is an oxide glass based on tellurium dioxide, typically modified with other metal oxides. Its wide infrared transmission and high refractive index suit it for fibers, lasers, and amplifiers.
Tellurium
Tellurium (Te, atomic number 52) is a brittle, silvery-white metalloid and one of the rarest stable elements in Earth's crust, recovered mainly as a byproduct of copper refining.
Tellurium dioxide
Tellurium dioxide (TeO₂) is the +4 oxide of tellurium, a white crystalline solid found as the minerals paratellurite and tellurite. Its single crystals are a leading acousto-optic material.
Tellurium thermoelectrics
Tellurium thermoelectrics are thermoelectric materials using tellurium or tellurides such as bismuth telluride and lead telluride to convert heat directly into electricity or cool solid-state.
Tellurol
A tellurol is an organotellurium compound of the form RTeH, the tellurium analog of an alcohol or phenol, deprotonated to tellurolate anions used in synthesis.
Tellus Institute
Tellus Institute, a Boston nonprofit founded in 1976, conducts global scenario research using the PoleStar System, convened the Global Scenario Group with SEI in 1995, and runs the Great Transition Initiative.
Tellus Tessera
Tellus Tessera, also called Tellus Regio, is a 2,329-km-wide tessera terrain highland on Venus at 42.6N 76.8E, the third largest tessera plateau, IAU-named in 1982, marked by layered, folded, possibly felsic crust.
Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas (Aristotelis Savalas, Αριστοτέλης Σαββάλας), American actor (1922-1994): Emmy-winning star of CBS's Kojak (1973-78) and Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Oscar-nominated for Birdman of Alcatraz.
Telma Hopkins
Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress (Telma Louise Hopkins), born 1948 in Louisville, Kentucky; Motown session singer, member of Tony Orlando and Dawn from 1971, then sitcom star of Bosom Buddies, Gimme a Break!, Family Matters, and Half & Half.